The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1887-04-08
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondent Democrat.star.

Correspondent DeuiOcrat-Stnr.
81 WAsHIN0TOS, u. c., April 4, 1887.
D Mr.. Editor: The postmaster n
) Washington, who has held Ofiic
ever since the administration o
President Arthur, and drawn III,
lucrative salary of $4,000 u year, i,
getting very uneasy lest in the earl,
days of the spring he will lose Iii
much sought after position. TIL,
rumOr is that the President hai
instructed the Presidential post
masters holding over from the last
administration, with the view oi
calling tOr the resignation of the
some $50 Republicans that Iheil
places may be filed by goOl aud
patient Democrats. There are over
2,400 of these offices within the
gilt of the President, aud the fact
that all except $50 are filed by
sturdy Democrats makes it look as
ii President Cleveland is II pretty
good Democrat, 40 matter what has
been charged tO the contrary.
The Interstate Commerce Com.
InisSi0neTs are all here and have
organized by clectiug Judge Cooley
chairman. The first thing they did
after assembling in our snow envel.
oped city, after paying their TO.
Spects to the Chief Executive, was
to call upon the Secretary OF the
Interior aud be sworn in office.
The Comptroller of the Treasury
has ruled that no officer of the
Government can draw pay for the
office to which he is appointed until
he takes the prescribed oath TO
support the Constitution OF the
United States, and 80 the C0mmis
SiOnerS draw pay from last Thurs.
day, and not from The time of their
appointment. Many people are
asking whether the Commissioners
will have to pay their railroad fare
out OF their salaries, or will have it
paid out OF the appropriation for
The running expense of the Com
mission. The question is an import
ant one as the Commissioners will
have much travelling TO do, AMI the
Railway fare would be a pretty big
item TO take from the 81 800 year
salary. The best opinion seems to
be that it viii be paid ont nf the
appropriation for The expenses of
the Office.
commissioner Ot Ag' iculture
Coleman has just returned iro u
Louisiana, aud Is delighted With |
his reception there and with the |
prospects OF an increase ia the yield |
0i sugar. He says thai he never |
knew what Southern no >pilalitS
was until his tlip South. He was
iilned aLd wintd FROM the time he
entered the boundaries ol the Sun
ny South until he left them ON his
return home. He says that If he
IS ~ Successful as he expects to br
u the experiments conducted nndct
his direction, the sugar rratlr 0i
he country will be revolutionizrd,
md there will be saving Ot 40 per
cent. by the new diffusion process.
When that day comes We may
'xprCt to have not more Than 10 pen
.eut. OF ndulteralion IN our sugar,
md there will be no necessity of
lighting for the annexation of Cuba.
There has been very heavy
discharge in the Government Priut
NJ Office this week ncccssitale,I
'artly by the reduction IN work
ince the adjournment of Congress,
nd partly To make room tor Ap
'ointmrnts. The discharges would
ave been ma,le earlier but Tor the
act that the emplO ees have been
aid monthly owing to peculiar
'ording of The law, whlcl' fOrbidS
he Government Printer drawing
loney fIom the Treasury Offenrr 2,
han once month for he pay ol
hc printers, aud as Congress did
ot adjourn until the 4th nf
IaIch, the force had to be kept
ntil the end Of the month, wheu
he money could be drawn 10 pay
hem. Tie discharged men made
bout three weeks on Uncle Sam IN !
hat way. Hereafter, under an dr.
between the Govern
lpnt Printer aud the Comptroller
t the Treasury the printers will be
aid every two weeks.
One dag this week five dncks
-erc found lying dead at the base
I Tie Wasllington Monument.
'ne of them was found cut nearly
! two as if cleaved by razor. 1t
! supposed that tbe early morning
eing cloudy tho ducks lost their i
curse aud bliudly dashed against l
he monument with such force as I
} be killed, and the one found cut !,
! two struck the platinum point !
D the monument, which cut it in /,
vain. The Ornithological branch
the Agricultural Department
as on record numerous instances
birds killed by dashing against
ehIhOuses, aud has in its museum i
any rare species of birds killed
that way aud forwarded hy the
1hthOnse keepers TO the Depart. !
ent, bnt the above is tue first
stance of birds or fowls being j
He'd by dashing against tie mon.
cut. HAL.